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Leaves green, slightly glaucous, linear or broadly linear, acuminate, 

 scabrous on margin. Flower about 3|-4 cm. across. Calj^K virid- 

 purpurascent. Petals 5 ; lamina patent, broadly cuneate, irregularly 

 laciniate on apical margin, thinly pilose, brilliantly purpureo-scarlet 

 above, lighter in coloura at the base but deeper abDve it, flabellately 

 longitudinally striate, light coloui-ed beneath ; lacinas about 3-6 mm. 

 long, acuminate. 



Nom. Jap. Tokonatsu. 



Hih. JAPAN, cultivated. 



Belamcanda chinensis (Linn.) Lemax in Red. Lil. tab. 121 (1807). 



Yar. curtata Making, nov. var. 



Stem erect, short, attaining about 7 decim. in height. Leaves 

 short, equitant, much approximate. Common peduncle short, stout ; 

 pedicel about l|-3 cm. long. Flower about 5-6 cm. across, explanate. 

 Sepals 3, elliptical or oblong, mucronato-subemargmato-rounded at 

 apex, shortly attenuated and nectariferous at base, 15-19 mm. wide ; 

 nectary yellow. Petals 3, smaller, shortly attenuated into a claw at 

 base, retuso-einarginate at apex, about 22-25 mm. long, 10-15 mm. 

 wide. Stamens 3, erect, about 2 cm. long ; anther linear, Avith deep- 

 yellow pollen, shorter than subulate filament. Style as long as or 

 slightly longer than stamens, narrowly obconically enlarged above. 



forma a. vulgaris ÄLakino. 



Perianth ochraceous, j^unctate with reddish-purple. 



Nom. Jap. Daruma-hiogi. 



Hab. JAPAN, cultivated in gardens. 



forma b. flava Makino. 



Perianth yellow, punctate with deep yellow. 



Nom. Jap. Kihana-dariimahiogi. 



Hah. JAPAN, cultivated in gardens. 



Bambusa nana Roxb. Fl. Lid. II. p. 199, a. typica Making. 

 forma albo-variegata äIakino, nov. 

 Culm green. Leaves albo-variegate. 

 Nom. Jap. Fiiiri-hojcliiku (nov.). 

 Hah. Prov. MUSASHI : Tokyo, cultivated. 

 forma viridi-striata Making, nov. 



Culm attaining 2cm. across, flavescent and often rosy, striate 

 with green ; striae few to many, loose or close. Leaves not variegated. 

 Nom. Jap. Beni-hoochiku, Hbm-hoochiku (nov.). 

 Hah. Prov. SETTSU : Ashiya and Hyogo, cultivated. 

 The culm similar to that of mr. normalis f. Alphonso Karri Making. 



(To h3 continued.) 



